M. L. West, "Homeric Hymns. Homeric Apocrypha. Lives of Homer" English | 2003 | ISBN: 0674996062 | PDF | pages: 488 | 12.2 mb Performances of Greek epics customarily began with a hymn to a god or goddess-as Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days do. A collection of thirty-three such poems has come down to us from antiquity under the title "Hymns of Homer." This new Loeb Classical Library volume contains, in addition to the Hymns, fragments of five comic poems that were connected with Homer's name in or just after the Classical period (but are not today believed to be by the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey). Here too is a collection of ancient accounts of the poet's life. Nancy Guthrie, "Holding On to Hope: A Pathway through Suffering to the Heart of God" English | ISBN: 1414312962 | 2015 | 208 pages | EPUB | 1431 KB A healing book for those in the wake of life's devastating storms.
History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization. Volume III Part 1: History of Indian Science, Technology and Culture AD 1000-1800 By A. Rahman (editor) 1999 | 445 Pages | ISBN: 0195646525 | PDF | 33 MB This volume brings together some of today's leading scholars from a range of different disciplines to explore the development of Indian scientific, technological and cultural thinking between the 10th and 18th centuries. The diverse topics include: food, agriculture, mathematics, astronomy,Bhakti and Sufi movements, and the spread of translation from Persian and Arabic thinkers throughout the country. High Performance MySQL: Proven Strategies for Operating at Scale by Silvia Botros English | December 14, 2021 | ISBN: 1492080519 | 388 pages | MOBI | 2.23 Mb How can you realize MySQL's full power? With High Performance MySQL, you'll learn advanced techniques for everything from setting service-level objectives to designing schemas, indexes, and queries to tuning your server, operating system, and hardware to achieve your platform's full potential. This guide also teaches database administrators safe and practical ways to scale applications through replication, load balancing, high availability, and failover. High Entropy Materials: Processing, Properties, and Applications English | 2022 | ISBN: 9811939187 | 476 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 17 MB This book provides a detailed overview of high entropy materials and alloys, discussing their structure, the processing of bulk and nanostructured alloys as well as their mechanical and functional properties and applications. It covers the exponential growth in research which has occurredover the last decade, discussingnovel processing techniques, estimation of mechanical, functional and physical properties, and utility of these novel materials for various applications. Given the expanding scope of HEAs in ceramics, polymers, thin films and coating, thisbook will be of interest tomaterial scientists and engineers alike. Hidden Prairie: Photographing Life in One Square Meter (Bur Oak Book) by Chris Helzer English | May 15, 2020 | ISBN: 1609386930 | True PDF | 128 pages | 45.9 MB Chris Helzer illustrates the beauty and diversity of prairie through an impressive series of photographs, all taken within the same square meter of prairie. During his year-long project, he photographed 113 plant and animal species within a tiny Description, and captured numerous other images that document the splendor of diverse grasslands. Even readers familiar with prairies will be fascinated by the varied subject matter Helzer captured with his camera. In addition, his captivating and accessible natural history writing tells the story of his personal journey during the project and the stories of the characters he found within his chosen square meter of prairie.
Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior by Erez Yoeli English | April 5, 2022 | ISBN: 1541619471 | 368 pages | PDF | 2.77 Mb Two MIT economists show how game theory-the ultimate theory of rationality-explains irrational behavior Michael Inwood, "Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction" English | 2019 | ISBN: 0198828667 | EPUB | pages: 168 | 1.7 mb Martin Heidegger, considered by some to be the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title of "philosopher," by some as an apologist for Nazism, and by others as an acknowledged leader in continental philosophy, is probably the most divisive thinker of the twentieth century. Penelope Lively, "Heat Wave: A Novel" English | 1997 | ISBN: 0060928557, 0060174765 | 224 pages | EPUB | 0.8 MB It is a long, hot summer at World's End, a two-family grey stone cottage in the English countryside. Pauline is editing a romance novel in the smaller dwelling, and the larger part is occupied by her daughter, Teresa; Teresa's baby; and her husband, Maurice, a writer, whose infatuation with his editor's girlfriend is growing. Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory, Research, and Practice edited by Richard M. Ryan, J. David Creswell, Kirk Warren Brown English | January 15, 2015 | ISBN: 1462518907, 1462525938 | True EPUB/PDF | 466 pages | 6.95/6.3 MB An authoritative handbook, this volume offers both a comprehensive review of the current science of mindfulness and a guide to its ongoing evolution. Leading scholars explore mindfulness in the context of contemporary psychological theories of attention, perceptual processing, motivation, and behavior, as well as within a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue with the contemplative traditions. |